Online voting under way: Western Michigan University students in national comedy contest

KALAMAZOO — Four Western Michigan University students are participating in the National College Comedy Competition put on by cable TV station TBS and Rooftop Comedy, a producer of interactive comedy programming. Similar to the NCAA basketball tournament, a team of comedians from one school will compete against another team.

WMU, one of 32 schools participating, is represented by Sohrab Forouzesh, Chris Raby, Alec Robbins and Trevor Smith. WMU is up against Michigan State University in the first round.

Sohrab has a three-minute standup video posted online at TBS.com and public voting will run through Monday. Based on online votes, teams will advance to the next round.